13 Responses to “Chicken, Black Rice and Bush’s Pinto Bean Casserole”

Oh Sandy, this looks SO good. I’m craving Mexican more than you can imagine right now. I started The Maker’s Diet…. and as soon as I get to the phase where I can eat grains… I’m making this for Friday night Mexican night. :-)

Oh Sandy!…you have just had so many wonderful blog posts during this spring season, I don’t know where to begin!

First…hope you are all safe and sound…I heard about Earthquakes in Oregon! Please keep us posted. Our prayers are with everyone in harm’s way.

Love the black bean recipe! Those beans are so popular here in Texas. :-)

For staples in my pantry, I do keep a lot of beans on hand – both canned (which are so easy!) and dried. I also love having a nice assortment of pastas and sauces – especially a wonderful jarred pesto that may local grocery store sells under their own label. And although this is not for everyone – – – we do enjoy small fish like anchovies, sardines, kippers, and herring – – – so I keep multiple cans and jars of those on hand! And I also like to keep cracked wheat – (bulghur …sp?) on hand to make tabbouleh. I am able to grow a ton of flat leaf Italian parsley here in central Texas so making tabbouleh is always a good way to use it up.

Another thing I keep on hand is farro. This is an Italian grain I grew up eating but seems to be growing in popularity here in the US. (Some folks call in emmer). I can even find a quick cooking version in my little local grocery store (and organic, no less!) It’s also usually available online.

The nice thing about farro is that you can get it pearled or semi-pearled and even a “quick-cooking” version depending on how much time you have. It is nutty and sort of sweet. We just love it. You can use it in so many ways including adding it to soups.

That recipe looks great Sandy!!!! We too keep our pantry filled with things to throw together an impromtu meal . Since we live at least 20 minutes from the nearest grocery store it is essential that we do! We always have canned beans, extra pasta, rice, broth, all the things you would need for any recipe. We also always have onions chopped, peppers chopped, red, gold, and green, and even green peppers whole frozen in the freezer so that we can throw together a meal in a flash. My mother used to call herself the fastest cook in the West, well that was because when we were growing up we went to the grocery store EVERY night and bought all the items for dinner. Imagine when I got married, we got back from our honeymoon, my wife said let’s go grocery shopping. I thought we were shopping for the nights meal, was I ever surprised when we shopped for a WHOLE week at a time, something I had never done growing up!!! But I love having all the ingredients to make almost any go to recipe at an instant, so that you can entertain on the fly!!!!

Blessings to you and yours, try to stay out of the wind today, we are having horrible winds here in the Redding area!!1
Curtis & Sherrie

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